President Hu greets "role model" Communist Party members

BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao met with exemplary members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at a symposium held on Saturday to commemorate the 90th founding anniversary of the CPC.

Chinese Presient Hu Jintao(2nd R) and Vice President Xi Jinping(1st R) meet withexemplary members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) ahead of a symposium tocommemorate the 90th founding anniversary of the CPC in Beijing, capital of China,July 2, 2011. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

Hu, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, saluted Party members across China at the meeting in Zhongnanhai, the government's central leadership compound. The symposium was attended by representatives of exemplary grassroots Party organizations and Party members of high standing.

Vice President Xi Jinping also attended the seminar, calling upon Party organizations and Party members to learn from the Party's best members.

Chinese Presient Hu Jintao(2nd R) and Vice President Xi Jinping(1st R) meet withexemplary members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) ahead of a symposium tocommemorate the 90th founding anniversary of the CPC in Beijing, capital of China,July 2, 2011. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

Xi, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, urged Party members to carefully study a speech delivered by President Hu Jintao on Friday at a grand gathering marking the 90th founding anniversary of the CPC.

He urged Party members to be "visionary and down-to-earth," to serve the people wholeheartedly and to act as leaders in the practice of core socialist values.

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